पञ्चाङ्ग — Seattle, USA · March 1, 1984 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: महा शिवरात्रि — Mahā Śivarātri
The greatest night of Lord Śiva; cosmic dance of dissolution.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.9 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
न च मां तानि कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय।

उदासीनवदासीनमसक्तं तेषु कर्मसु।।9.9।।
"9.9 But these acts of mine do not bind Me. I remain outside and unattached." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2041 Īśvara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1906 Raktākṣī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1391
Malayalam Era: 1160
Nanakshahi: 515
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya317.01°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra298.12°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala208.41°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha310.64°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati255.12°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra289.99°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शनि Śani202.39°TulāViśākhā P1

☀️ Seattle, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-8)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:51 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:54 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:08 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:06 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 03 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 56 Mins 56 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:22 – 06:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:56 – 06:51
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta17:42 – 18:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:54 – 18:22
Amṛta Kāla17:39 – 19:24
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:44

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:45 – 15:08
Yamaganda06:51 – 08:14
Gulika Kāla09:37 – 10:59
Varjyam07:18 – 07:36
Dur Muhūrta 09:26 – 09:48

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:51 – 08:14 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:14 – 09:37 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:37 – 10:59 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:59 – 12:22 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:22 – 13:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:45 – 15:08 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:08 – 16:31 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:31 – 17:54 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:54 – 19:31 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:31 – 21:08 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:08 – 22:45 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:45 – 00:22 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:22 – 01:59 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:59 – 03:37 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:37 – 05:14 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:14 – 06:51 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 47.6062°
Longitude: -122.3321°
Timezone: UTC+-8

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

12 steps · festival walk
Today is Mahā Śivarātri — its dedicated walk.
Śiva-stuti through Bhāgavata + Mahābhārata Anuśāsana.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5085 · Kali-5085
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1857295.27 · 5085.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2445760.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6318° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)340.80° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.6318°) · declination -7.57° · EoT -13.04 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1984-03-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)